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Saturday, October 22, 2005

ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
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...Starting Over...

GOOD MORNING! I can remember hurricane seasons when we had four named storms. Four. Like 1983. Six several times in my lifetime. But boy, to see 22, that is amazing. Even in the former busiest season, 1933, the W storm formed on November 15th. We are in uncharted territory now. There have never been 22. And there are still 39 days in this season.

QUICK CHECK ON TROPICS: Hurricane Wilma is setting her sights on Southwest Florida. It will be there before tomorrow morning. Preparations are pretty much done in the Keys and across the Peninsula. Tropical Storm Alpha weakened overnight as it transited the island of Hispaniola. It is emerging back over the water headed north northwest toward the Bahamas. It will merge with a frontal system. More on the tropics in Weather Talk. .

OUR FORECAST: Hey! Someone left the back door open! Too late...front number one brought us cooler air and lots of cloudiness that was slow to burn off yesterday. Areas where the sun returned warmed well into the 60s and low 70s. After morning lows in the 40s and a little patchy fog/clouds, with some stratocumulus clouds. A second cold front will arrive late in the day, accompanied by some thicker cloudiness. There could also be a few sprinkles with this front, but don’t look for much in the way of precip. Dewpoints will be dropping behind the second front, and lows tonight will be 5-7 degrees cooler than last night. Some areas will dip into the upper 30s tonight, although a brisk breeze will help prevent widespread frost. Monday will feature sun and lot s of those stratocumulus clouds. There will also be a brisk north wind as the pressure gradient tightens between high pressure over the Midwest and Wilma passing to our Southeast. Upper disturbance rotating over the area may bring period of clouds Monday night and Tuesday. We can’t rule out a shower or two. The upper low over the Ohio Valley will move out and big high pressure will take its place by midweek.

ON THIS DATE IN 1947: It wasn’t raining cats and dogs, but rather fish that fell from the sky in Marksville, Louisiana. Thousands of fish fell.

Bill Murray
billmurray@worldnet.att.net

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TODAY
A little patchy fog and a chilly start. Then partly cloudy. Clouds increase late ahead of another front.
Afternoon High 71
WIND: N 6-12

MONDAY
Another chilly start under low clouds. Then partly cloudy, cool and breezy.
Morning Low 41 Afternoon High 61
WIND: N 10-18

TUESDAY
Scattered frost likely. A partly cloudy day.
Morning Low 39 Afternoon High 58
WIND: NW 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Another morning frost. Then partly cloudy skies.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 62
WIND: W 4-8

THURSDAY
A chilly start then partly cloudy.
Morning Low 38 Afternoon High 65
WIND: W 4-8

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